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Eugene Hickey

I specialise in providing machine learning solutions in medicine and healthcare. I collaborate in areas of research spanning neuroscience, genetics, and precision medicine.

I have pioneered the use of new technologies to enhance the student experience and I am part of a team investigating learning analytics in our university.

Education

PhD

Laboratoire de Chimie de Solide

Universite de Bordeaux I

1992 - 1988

  • Heavy Fermion Intermetallics
  • Distinction

DEA (MSc)

Laboratoire de Chimie de Solide

Universite de Bordeaux I

1988 - 1987

  • URu2Si2 and UIr2Si2 intermetallic Properties
  • Distinction

B.Sc (hons)

Physics Department

Trinity College Dublin

1987 - 1982

  • Undergraduate qualification in experimental physics
  • II2 award

Research Experience

Postgraduate Supervisor

Centre of Applied Science for Health

Technological University Dublin

present - 2018

  • Investigating the role of schizophrenia-associated gene expression in the developing human brain using Machine Learning

Postgraduate Supervisor

Department of Applied Science

Technological University Dublin

present - 2017

  • Regression Studies to Predict Correlation of SDSS SEGUE Spectra

Final Year Projects

Pharmaceutical Science Honours

Technological University Dublin

present - 2015

  • Investigation of Clinical Trials Data using the PharmcoGx Bioconductor Package (2020)
  • Single Cell RNASeq Analysis of Transciptomic Data using the scrattch Package (2020)
  • Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and HIV in Africa (2019)
  • Investigation of Autism Genes by Examining Gene Expression Across Different Areas of Healthy Brains (2018)
  • Machine Learning Analysis of Fine Needle Aspirate Breast Cancer Images (2018)
  • Classification of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia based on Gene Expression Profiles (2017)

Postgraduate Supervisor

Department of Applied Science

Technological University Dublin

2017 - 2015

  • A Survey of the Public Perception of Science in Ireland

Postgraduate Supervisor

Department of Applied Science

Technological University Dublin

2017 - 2007

  • Data Mining by Grid Computing in the Search for Extrasolar Planets

My research interests centre around new applications for machine learning and data science in health and medicine.

Research Funding

IMPACT Award

Learning Analytics for Remote Education

N/A

2021 - 2020

Presidents Research Award

Schizophrenia Analysis using Machine Learning on Gene Expression Data from the Allen Brain Atlas

N/A

2020 - 2018

ICHEC Project

Schizophrenia Analysis using Gene Expression Data from the Allen Brain Atlas

N/A

2020 - 2018

Presidents Research Award

A Survey of the Public Perception of Science in Ireland

N/A

2016 - 2014

PhD Continuation Fund

Data Mining by Grid Computing in the Search for Extrasolar Planets

N/A

2011 - 2009

HEA Strand 1 Research Grant

Data Mining by Grid Computing in the Search for Extrasolar Planets

N/A

2009 - 2007

National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology

Member of management team

N/A

2007 - 2002

Erasmus Award

Laboratoire de Chimie de Solide

Universite de Bordeaux I

1992 - 1988

  • Doctoral Research Funding

Industry Experience

I have worked in a hospital environment and have maintained collaborations that have led to fruitful research work since. The main focus has been on medical imaging and diagnostics.

Medical Physicist

Department of Medical Physics

St James’s Hospital

1994 - 1992

  • Teleradiology
  • Transferring CT, MRI, US and digitised X-rays between St James’s and Beaumont Hospitals



Teaching Experience

My experience in education spans teaching at undergraduate level, on postgraduate modules and supervision, and on industry led courses. I excel at generating online continuous assessments, created using the R programming language.

NHS Workshops

NHS R Community

N/A

present - 2020

  • Delivering workshops on data analytics

Data Visualisation with ggplot

Taught Postgraduate Modules

Technological University Dublin

present - 2018

  • Module design and delivery
  • Topics covered from essential ggplot to maps and networks

Lecturer in Physics

Department of Applied Science, Tallaght Campus

Technological University Dublin

present - 1995

  • Teaching on Pharmaceutical Science, Forensics, Sports Science, and Bioanalysis undergraduate courses
  • Emphasis on supervising final year projects in Pharmaeutical Science

Lecturer in Physics

Department of Computing and Science

Waterford Institute of Technology

1995 - 1994

  • Teaching Physics modules to undergraduates in science, engineering, and computing
  • Development of a new course in materials science


Selected Data Science Writing

I regularly blog about data science and visualization. I enjoy connecting with diverse topics in this way.

Meteors, and Where to Find Them2

N/A

N/A

2018

Tennis Sets, Jimmy’s Theorem3

N/A

N/A

2018



Selected Publications

I have 13 publications in international peer reviewed journals.

My h-index is 6 and my ORCID is 0000-0001-9813-93234

A Catalogue of Locus Algorithm Pointings for Optimal Differential Photometry for 23,779 Quasars5

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

N/A

2020

  • Authored with Oisin Creaner, Kevin Nolan, Niall Smith, and David Grennan.

The Locus Algorithm I: A technique for identifying optimised pointings for differential photometry6

Astronomy & Computing

N/A

2020

  • Authored with Oisin Creaner, Kevin Nolan, and Niall Smith.

The Locus Algorithm II: A robust software system to maximise the quality of fields of view for Differential Photometry7

Astronomy & Computing

N/A

2020

  • Authored with Oisin Creaner and Kevin Nolan.

Specification and initial evaluation of a multiple application teleradiology system8

British Journal of Radiology

N/A

1995

  • Authored with N O’Hare, F Wallis, JMT Kennedy, GJ McDermott, A Dowling, J Murphy, and J Malone.

Magnetic phase diagram of U2{Ru1-xRhx}3Si59

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

N/A

1995

  • Authored with B Chevalier, T Roisnel, L Piraux, and J Etourneau.



Selected Presentations

Data Visualisation in Health Science10

NHS R Conference

N/A

2020

TUD Scientific Computing Group11

TUD Workshop on Physical and Data Sciences in Health and Environment

N/A

2019

Use Open Source Software12

TEDx Ballyroan

N/A

2019

Grid-computing based data-mining of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey13

Royal Irish Academy

N/A

2011